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Season 1 • Episode 288: Caribbean Nights: Danzon • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 288: Caribbean Nights: Danzon

June 16, 1986

In an old church in Havana, the Urfe brothers play Danzones, the first popular Cuban music to emerge from the blend of African and European traditions at the turn of the century. The dance it inspired was considered shocking by colonial Cuban society.

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